JP2005266150A - Shutter for camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thinned and miniaturized shutter for a camera. <P>SOLUTION: Sectors 2, 3 are mutually interlocked without using a lever by a link mechanism 13. An actuator 10 which directly drives the sector 2 is planarly arranged in parallel on the side of the sector 3 and the shutter is thinned. In addition, the link mechanism 13 is constituted of an engagement pin 5 provided in the first sector 2 and an engagement groove 14 provided in the second sector 3, a process for acceleration of the second sector is unnecessitated by providing a entrance length section 16 in which the engagement pin 5 does not move the second sector 3 in the engagement groove 14 and the shutter is miniaturized. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a camera shutter, and more particularly to a technique for making a camera shutter thinner and smaller.

  Conventionally, a lever is often used for an opening / closing mechanism of a camera shutter. An example of a mechanism for opening and closing the shutter opening with two shutter blades (sectors) is shown for this lever. For example, a pin is provided on a lever that is rotatably supported by a support shaft provided on a substrate. There is a mechanism for opening and closing two shutter blades (sectors) at the same time by attaching shutter blades (sectors) rotatably supported on the substrate and driving a lever with an actuator or the like.

  On the other hand, in recent years, camera functions have been apt to be miniaturized, for example, camera functions are mounted on mobile phones, and in connection with this, miniaturization of camera shutters is also required.

  However, the lever as described above has a certain thickness, and the occupied space for mounting the lever is relatively large, which hinders the downsizing of the camera shutter.

  Under such circumstances, a proposal has been made to eliminate the above-described lever for opening and closing the shutter opening of the camera and to make the shutter thinner (Patent Document 1).

  In the camera shutter described in Patent Document 1, the first shutter blade (sector) is integrally provided with a rotor as a driving source, and the second shutter blade (sector) is operated for the operation of the first shutter blade (sector). The shutter lever is abolished due to the structure that can be opened and closed by interlocking with each other.

  With such a structure, the camera shutter described in Patent Document 1 has the second shutter blade (sector) formed by the linkage pin or cam formed on the first shutter blade (sector) when the first shutter blade (sector) is opened or closed. The cams or linkage pins formed on the shutter blades (sectors) are pushed and the second shutter blades (sectors) are interlocked to open or close. That is, since the linkage pin moves along the cam from beginning to end, the two shutter blades (sectors) start to open or close simultaneously by the movement of the linkage pin.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-108209

  However, the camera shutter described in Patent Document 1 has a so-called two-story structure in which an actuator for driving a shutter blade (sector) is mounted above the shutter blade (sector) and overlaps with the shutter blade (sector). It has a structure. Therefore, the camera shutter described in Patent Document 1 is thicker because the actuator has a two-story structure, and there is room for further thinning.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a camera shutter that is further thinned.

The inventor of the present application has achieved this object by the following means.
(1) That is, in the present invention, a shutter substrate having two support shafts, two sectors that open and close a shutter opening in conjunction with each other by a link mechanism, and a side of the sector are installed. Each of the two sectors is provided with a mounting hole, and is rotatably attached to each of the two support shafts via the mounting hole, and the link mechanism is provided in one sector. An engaging portion; and an engaged portion that engages with the engaging portion provided in another sector that is linked to the one sector; and the actuator is a rotor that is provided integrally with the sector; A shutter for a camera, comprising: a coil installed outside the operating region of the sector on a side of the rotor; and a stator extending from the coil in a circumferential direction of the rotor.

  In the present invention, each sector is connected and linked via a link mechanism so that the shutter opening can be opened and closed, and the shutter lever conventionally used is abolished to reduce the thickness of the camera shutter. In addition, an actuator having an annular rotor, a coil, and a stator is adopted to integrate the rotor with a sector that is directly driven by the actuator, and the shape and arrangement of the stator are devised as described above, so that the actuator is Further thinning is achieved by installing them side by side in parallel. In other words, the shutter component parts are arranged in a plane with such a configuration, and the actuator is conventionally mounted at a position overlapping the operation area of the sector. It is trying to make it thinner.

(2) Here, it is desirable that the rotation axis of the rotor coincides with the rotation axis of the sector.
With this configuration, the rotational force of the rotor can be efficiently used to rotate the sector.

(3) Further, in the present invention, a sliding contact body is provided on the support shaft between the rotor and the shutter substrate, and the sector has an inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole of the sector and / or the sliding contact body on the support shaft. The inner peripheral wall can be slidably supported (Claim 3).
The present invention employs a sliding contact body and intends to make the sector and / or the sliding contact body integrated with the rotor function as a bearing.

(4) In the present invention, the link mechanism includes an engagement pin provided in one sector as described above and an engagement groove engaged with the engagement pin provided in another sector interlocking with the one sector. Thus, the conventional shutter lever can be eliminated.
Here, the link mechanism includes an engagement pin included in a sector integrated with the rotor, and an engagement groove included in another sector engaged with the engagement pin. The engaging pin that moves between the contact portion when moving in the opening direction and the contact portion when moving in the closing direction and the contact portion when moving in the closing direction and the contact portion when moving in the closing direction moves the other sector. It is desirable to have a structure with a running section that does not occur (claim 4).

By adopting such a configuration, for example, in a camera shutter having two sectors, there is no need to accelerate the sector to a shutter speed necessary for photographing for one sector. As a result, when the shutter opening is opened, the one sector can stand by in the immediate vicinity of the shutter opening, and the camera shutter can be downsized.
(5) The link mechanism includes an engagement groove provided in a sector integrated with the rotor and an engagement pin provided in another sector engaged with the engagement groove, and the engagement groove is the engagement groove. The contact groove at the time of movement of the pin in the opening direction and the contact portion at the time of movement in the closing direction, and the engaging groove moving between the contact portion at the time of movement in the opening direction and the contact portion at the time of movement in the closing direction It can also be set as the structure provided with the run-up area which is not moved (Claim 5).

  When the present invention is compared with the invention according to claim 4, the sector having the engagement pin and the sector having the engagement groove are interchanged. Even in such a configuration, for example, in the case of a camera shutter having two sectors, a path for accelerating the sector to the shutter speed necessary for photographing is not necessary for one sector. Become. As a result, when the shutter opening is opened, the one sector can stand by in the immediate vicinity of the shutter opening, and the camera shutter can be downsized.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of sectors are linked to each other by a link mechanism, the shutter lever is abolished, and the actuator is arranged in parallel to the side of the sector, so that the camera shutter can be thinned. did it.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, for convenience of description, a description will be given of a case where the shutter opening is opened and closed by two sectors. However, the present invention includes not only a camera that opens and closes a shutter opening with two sectors, but also a camera shutter that opens and closes a shutter opening with a plurality of sectors.

  As shown in the drawing, the camera shutter 1 of the present invention includes a resin shutter substrate 12 having support shafts 12a and 12b, a first sector 2 that opens and closes a shutter opening 9 in conjunction with each other by a link mechanism 13, A second sector 3 and an actuator 10 that drives the sectors 2 and 3 are provided in parallel to the sides of the sectors 2 and 3.

  The first sector 2 includes an attachment hole 2a, and is rotatably attached to the support shaft 12a via the attachment hole 2a. The second sector 3 includes an attachment hole 3a and is rotatably attached to the support shaft 12b via the attachment hole 3a. The first sector 2 and the second sector 3 attached to the shutter substrate 12 in this way are both made of resin and have a bowl shape having recesses 2b and 3b as shown in FIGS. ing.

  The actuator 10 includes an annular rotor 4 made of a magnet, a coil 7 installed in parallel outside the sector operating region on the side of the rotor, and extends from both ends of the coil 7 to the rotor 4 side. The stator 6 includes two arm portions 6a and 6b provided so as to surround from the direction.

  In the camera shutter 1 of the present embodiment, the actuator 10 directly drives the first sector 2. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6, the rotor 4 is integrally provided on the first sector 2 with an adhesive or the like on one surface side 4 a of the rotor 4 through the support shaft 12 a of the first sector 2. . For this reason, the rotation axis of the rotor 4 coincides with the rotation axis of the first sector 2. The rotor 4 is attached to the support shaft 12a with a metal annular flat plate 15 interposed between the other surface side 4b and the shutter substrate 12 as a sliding contact body. At this time, the rotor 4 is slidably supported by the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole 2a of the first sector 2 rather than being supported by the support shaft 12a by the rotor 4 itself.

  The link mechanism 13 includes an engagement pin 5 that is an engagement portion provided in the first sector 2 that is directly driven by the actuator 10, and an engagement groove 14 that is an engaged portion provided in the second sector 3. The engaging pin 5 moves integrally with the first sector 2. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 in an enlarged manner, the engaging groove 14 has a rectangular notch shape, and the engaging pin 5 contacts when the shutter opening 9 is opened. And a contact portion 14b in the closing direction movement with which the engagement pin 5 contacts when the shutter opening 9 is closed. Further, the engaging pin 5 that is moving does not move the second sector 3 between the contact portion 14a when moving in the opening direction and the contact portion 14b when moving in the closing direction.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the shutter opening 9 is completely opened. In the state shown in FIG. 1, the positional relationship between the engagement pin 5 and the engagement groove 14 indicates that the engagement pin 5 is in the opening direction. It contacts the contact portion 14a during movement. In the state shown in FIG. 1, the first sector 2 is attached to the shutter substrate 12 with the recess 2 b leaving a gap 17 from the edge of the shutter opening 9. On the other hand, unlike the first sector 2, the second sector 3 does not leave a gap between the edge of the shutter opening 9 and the recess 3b, and the second sector 3 does not block the shutter opening 9. It is attached.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the shutter opening 9 is completely closed. In the state shown in FIG. 2, the positional relationship between the engagement pin 5 and the engagement groove 14 is such that the engagement pin 5 is in the closing direction. It is in contact with the contact portion 14b during movement. In the state shown in FIG. 2, the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 are attached so as to cover the shutter opening 9 and to close the shutter opening 9 while being overlapped with each other.

  The shutter substrate 12 has a shape and dimensions so as to cover the movable range of the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 that are arranged and attached as described above. As shown in FIG. 5, a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) 8 is attached to the shutter substrate 12 to which the first sector 2, the second sector 3, and the actuator 10 are attached as described above.

  In the camera shutter 1 configured as described above, the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 are interlocked by the link mechanism 13, and the actuator 10 is connected to the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 side as shown in the figure. The reason is that the components are arranged in a plane. As a result, the camera shutter 1 is made thinner.

  Further, when the first sector 2 of the camera shutter 1 is mounted, the annular flat plate 15 and the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole 2a of the first sector 2 are slid on the support shaft 12a without the rotor 4 being slidably supported on the support shaft 12a. The contact is supported in order to realize a smooth rotational movement of the rotor 4 and to prevent troubles in assembly even if the processing accuracy of the rotor 4 is not high.

  First, the annular flat plate 15 will be described. The rotor 4 is made of a magnet as described above, but the magnet is not slidable with the shutter substrate 12. For this reason, if the rotor 4 and the shutter substrate 12 are directly opposed and brought into contact without interposing anything between the rotor 4 and the shutter substrate 12, smooth rotation of the rotor 4 cannot be realized. Therefore, an annular flat plate 15 as shown in the figure is interposed between the rotor 4 and the shutter substrate 12 to improve the slidability between them, thereby realizing a smooth rotational movement of the rotor 4.

  As described above, the annular flat plate 15 functions as a sliding contact body that prevents the rotor 4 from coming into direct contact with the shutter substrate 12 and improves the slidability between the rotor 4 and the shutter substrate 12. In the present embodiment, a metal annular ring-shaped flat plate 15 is used as such a sliding contact body. However, any material can be used as long as the function can be exhibited (for example, resin), and the shape is also annular. Any shape is possible without limitation. Further, the annular flat plate 15 (sliding contact body) and the rotor 4 do not necessarily have to be fixed as long as the rotor can smoothly rotate.

  However, as will be described later, it may be desirable that the annular flat plate 15 and the rotor 4 are fixed.

  Next, the sliding contact support by the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole 2a of the first sector 2 in the mounting of the rotor 4 will be described. This is to allow the first sector 2 to function as a bearing and to achieve a smooth and reliable rotational movement of the rotor 4.

  In the camera shutter 1 of this embodiment, the actuator 10 is directly driven by the first sector 2 as described above. For this reason, the rotor 4 is integrated with the first sector 2 and attached to the support shaft 12 a of the shutter substrate 12. In this way, the rotor 4 attached to the support shaft 12a rotates with respect to the support shaft 12a. For this reason, if the mounting is loose, blurring occurs at the time of rotation, and smooth rotation cannot be performed, and as a result, a smooth opening / closing operation of the shutter opening 9 cannot be realized.

  However, as described above, the rotor 4 is made of a magnet, which is difficult to machine, and there are cases in which high-precision hole drilling that can be mounted without backlash and precise finishing of the inner peripheral wall surface of the rotor 4 are not performed.

  Therefore, the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole 2a of the first sector 2 integrated with the rotor 4 is slidably supported by the support shaft 12a so as to function as a bearing, and is not supported by the inner peripheral wall surface of the rotor 4.

  That is, the first sector 2 made of resin, which can be processed with higher precision than the magnet, is drilled to improve the mounting accuracy of the rotor 4 to the support shaft 12a so that the rotor 4 can smoothly rotate. I made it. Thereby, a smooth and reliable opening / closing operation of the shutter opening 9 is possible.

  In the camera shutter 1 of this embodiment, the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole 2a of the first sector 2 is only slidably supported on the support shaft 12a. The inner peripheral wall of the flat plate 15 can also be slidably supported on the support shaft 12a.

  Here, the annular flat plate 15 and the rotor are not necessarily fixed as long as the rotor can smoothly rotate as described above.

  However, when the rotor 4 is attached to the support shaft 12a by slidingly supporting the inner peripheral wall of the annular flat plate 15 on the support shaft, particularly when the rotor 4 is to be supported only by the annular flat plate 15, the annular flat plate 15 and the rotor 4 is preferably fixed and integrated. This is because if the annular flat plate 15 and the rotor 4 are integrated, more accurate mounting accuracy can be obtained, and smooth rotation of the rotor 4 can be realized.

  Next, the reason why the arrangement of the link mechanism 13, the first sector 2, and the second sector 3 is configured as described above in the camera shutter 1 of the present embodiment will be described while explaining the operation of the camera shutter 1. To do.

  When the shutter opening 9 is completely opened as shown in FIG. 1, the link pin 13 of the link mechanism 13 is in contact with the contact portion 14a when the engaging pin 5 moves in the opening direction as shown in FIG. In this state, when the coil 7 is energized and the rotor 4 is rotated clockwise in the direction of arrow 18 in FIGS. 1 and 2 by the magnetic field generated in the stator 6, the first sector 2 integrated with the rotor 4 is also Similarly turn right. Accordingly, the engagement pin 5 provided in the first sector 2 moves integrally with the first sector 2.

  The engaging pin 5 that has started to move moves away from the contact portion 11a when moving in the opening direction and moves toward the contact portion 11b when moving in the closing direction. At this time, since the engaging pin 5 and the engaging groove 11 do not constitute a cam mechanism, the engaging pin 5 does not move along the inner peripheral wall of the rectangular engaging groove 14 and is engaged. The run-up section 16 is directed to the contact portion 14b when moving in the closing direction without passing through the portion of the groove 14 marked with reference numeral 14c.

  For this reason, while the engaging pin 5 is moving in the run-up section 16, the engaging pin 5 is not engaged with the engaging groove 14, and is in an idle state. Accordingly, the second sector 3 does not move, and only the first sector 2 moves.

  In the state shown in FIG. 1, the first sector 2 has a gap 17 between the recess 2 b and the edge of the shutter opening 9. The gap 17 corresponds to the distance that the first sector 2 moves while the engagement pin 5 moves in the running section 16. The first sector 2 can accelerate to the shutter opening / closing speed necessary for photographing while moving in the gap 17.

  That is, the actuator 10 has a characteristic that the initial torque immediately after operation is not so large and the rising speed is not fast. However, if only one sector (first sector 2) is moved, the first sector 2 is quickly moved. It can be accelerated. For this reason, since the distance of the gap 17 can be set smaller than that of the conventional camera shutter, the camera shutter 1 is smaller than the conventional camera shutter.

  The engagement pin 5 that has moved in the run-up section 16 and has sufficiently accelerated hits the contact portion 14b when moving in the closing direction. As a result, the second sector 3 can immediately start moving in the direction of the arrow 18 and can be accelerated at a stroke to the shutter opening / closing speed necessary for photographing. That is, conventionally, the second sector 3 is also provided with a gap between the edge of the shutter opening 9 and the recess 3b when the shutter opening 9 is opened, and the shutter opening / closing necessary for shooting the second sector 3 is performed. Although it was necessary to accelerate to speed, this gap is unnecessary.

  As a result, the second sector 3 has only to stand by at a position where the shutter opening 9 is not blocked, and the camera shutter 1 is reduced in size by the gap that is no longer necessary.

  The first sector 2 that has accelerated while moving through the gap 17 and the second sector 3 that has been instantaneously accelerated by vigorously colliding with the accelerated engagement pin 5 close the shutter opening 9 so as to overlap simultaneously, The state shown in FIG. 2 is obtained.

  Next, operations of the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 when the shutter opening 9 is opened will be described. When the shutter opening 9 is opened, the reverse process to that for closing the shutter opening 9 is followed.

  When the shutter opening 9 is completely closed as shown in FIG. 2, the link pin 13 of the link mechanism 13 is in contact with the contact portion 14b when moving in the closing direction, as shown in FIG. In this state, when the coil 7 is energized and the rotor 4 is turned counterclockwise in the direction indicated by the arrow 19 in FIGS. 1 and 2 by the magnetic field generated in the stator 6, the same applies to the first sector 2 integrated with the rotor 4. Turn left. Accordingly, the engagement pin 5 provided in the first sector 2 moves integrally with the first sector 2.

  The first sector 2 that has begun to turn counterclockwise moves alone and accelerates sufficiently while moving to the point where it does not open the shutter opening 9. The engaging pin 5 that has been in contact with the contact portion 14b when moving in the closing direction moves along the run-up section 16 and moves toward the contact portion 14a when moving in the opening direction. The engaging pin 5 is sufficiently accelerated during this time.

  Thereafter, the sufficiently accelerated engagement pin 5 slams into the contact portion 14a when moving in the opening direction, and accelerates the second sector 3 at once. The second sector 3 opens the shutter opening 9 together with the first sector 2 which has moved to the limit of not opening the shutter opening 9 while accelerating, and is in the state shown in FIG.

Since the camera shutter 1 is configured to operate as described above, the camera shutter 1 can be reduced in size. The points of this miniaturization are as follows.
From the viewpoint of reducing the size of the camera shutter, when the shutter opening 9 is opened, both the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 are put on standby at positions that do not block the shutter opening 9, and the minimum distance is moved. It is conceivable that the shutter opening 9 is closed.

  However, the camera shutter needs to open and close the shutter opening at a certain speed for photographing. That is, when the sector starts to close the shutter opening 9, it needs to close the shutter opening 9 quickly with a certain movement speed. On the other hand, when the shutter opening 9 starts to be opened, it is necessary to quickly open the shutter opening 9 with a certain moving speed.

  However, the actuator that drives the sector has a characteristic that the initial torque immediately after operation is small and the rising speed is slow. For this reason, when the shutter opening 9 is opened, both the first sector 2 and the second sector 3 are set to stand-by positions that do not block the shutter opening 9. The camera cannot be accelerated sufficiently until it starts to close the shutter opening 9 after it starts moving, which is inconvenient for photographing.

  On the other hand, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a single gap 17 is provided, and immediately after the operation of the actuator 10, only one sector is driven to lighten the load and facilitate acceleration. When a certain amount of energy is stored, the other sector is driven at once by using the energy, and the path for accelerating this sector is unnecessary.

  Further, the distance of the gap 17 is sufficient if only one sector needs to be accelerated immediately after the actuator 10 is actuated. This also contributes to downsizing of the camera shutter 1.

  In addition, the said Example is only an example for implementing this invention, This invention is not limited to these, It is within the scope of the present invention to modify these Examples variously, and this It is obvious from the above description that various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention.

It is explanatory drawing of the state which open | released the shutter opening of the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the state which closed the shutter opening of the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the link mechanism part in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the link mechanism part in FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional explanatory view in which the embodiment of the present invention is taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional explanatory view of the actuator portion in FIG. 5.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Camera shutter 2 1st sector 3 2nd sector 4 Rotor 5 Engagement pin (engagement part)
6 Stator 7 Coil 8 Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPC)
9 Shutter opening 10 Actuator 12 Shutter substrate 13 Link mechanism 14 Engagement groove (engaged part)
14a Contact portion when moving in the opening direction 14b Contact portion when moving in the closing direction 15 Annular plate 16 Running section 17 Clearance

Claims (5)

A shutter substrate having two spindles, two sectors that open and close the shutter opening in conjunction with each other by a link mechanism, and an actuator that is installed on the side of the sector and drives the sector,
Each of the two sectors has a mounting hole, and is rotatably attached to each of the two support shafts through the mounting hole.
The link mechanism has an engaging portion provided in one sector, and an engaged portion that engages with the engaging portion provided in another sector interlocking with the one sector,
The actuator has a rotor integrally provided in the sector, a coil installed outside the operation area of the sector on a side of the rotor, and a stator extending from the coil in the circumferential direction of the rotor. A camera shutter. The camera shutter according to claim 1, wherein a rotation axis of the rotor coincides with a rotation axis of the sector. A sliding contact body is provided on the support shaft between the rotor and the shutter substrate, and the sector slides and supports the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole of the sector and / or the inner peripheral wall of the slide contact body on the support shaft. The shutter for a camera according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The link mechanism includes an engagement pin provided in a sector integrated with the rotor and an engagement groove provided in another sector engaged with the engagement pin, and the engagement groove moves in the opening direction of the engagement pin. The engagement pin that is moving between the contact portion during movement in the closing direction and the contact portion during movement in the closing direction and the contact portion during movement in the closing direction does not move the other sector. The camera shutter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a running section. The link mechanism includes an engagement groove provided in a sector integrated with the rotor, and an engagement pin provided in another sector engaged with the engagement groove, and the engagement groove moves in the opening direction of the engagement pin. The engagement groove that is moving between the contact portion during movement in the closing direction and the contact portion during movement in the closing direction does not move the other sector. The camera shutter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a running section.

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